{"id":814,"date":"2023-11-20T12:58:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T18:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolprograms.academicapproach.com\/?p=814"},"modified":"2023-11-20T12:58:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T18:58:57","slug":"beyond-psat-scores-crafting-the-ideal-benchmark-assessment-for-student-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolprograms.academicapproach.com\/beyond-psat-scores-crafting-the-ideal-benchmark-assessment-for-student-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond PSAT Scores: Crafting the Ideal Benchmark Assessment for Student Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Schools are starting to receive their students\u2019 PSAT scores from the October test. While these scores will be a valuable marker for teachers and students, does it qualify as a good benchmark test? If not, what can schools do? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A benchmark assessment<\/strong> is a test administered throughout the school year to evaluate a student\u2019s knowledge and skills. A good benchmark assessment has the following qualities:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n A good benchmark assessment can be incredibly valuable to principals and teachers. In addition to providing valuable data to teachers to inform their classroom instruction, benchmark assessments provide an opportunity for schools to practice their testing and technology systems. This can help avoid any issues on the official testing day. It also provides students with an opportunity to work on their timing for the test and practice the endurance it takes to complete a long, standardized test. It also offers a chance for students to practice their reading strategies in real-time. Finally, offering them a trial run helps relieve test anxiety that students might have about standardized tests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Benchmark assessments can be extremely valuable for schools and teachers. Academic Approach\u2019s benchmark assessments are aligned to the SAT Standards, mimic the digital test format, and include a suite of online reports designed to help teachers discover areas for growth and common student misconceptions. We also offer schools professional development sessions to help teachers dive into their students\u2019 data, make informed decisions, and adjust their instruction accordingly. If you are interested in learning more about our quality benchmark assessments, please contact us at schoolprograms@academicapproach.com<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After analyzing the latest PSAT scores, a revolutionary approach emerges, revealing how a well-designed benchmark assessment can transform these numbers into powerful tools for enhancing student learning and teaching effectiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,95],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolprograms.academicapproach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolprograms.academicapproach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolprograms.academicapproach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolprograms.academicapproach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolprograms.academicapproach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/schoolprograms.academicapproach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":817,"href":"https:\/\/schoolprograms.academicapproach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions\/817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolprograms.academicapproach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolprograms.academicapproach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolprograms.academicapproach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolprograms.academicapproach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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Why Offer a Good Benchmark Assessments?<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
How Academic Approach Can Help<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n